o/t enough hay?

Anonymous-0 · Jan 24, 2009

how's everyone's hay holding out,thought I was going to have plenty to get through,but this winter has been below normal temp's the cow's heads are always stuck in the round bales all you can see is their hindends hope it warms up fast, the old wood pile is getting down too.have a great day

Jack-Iowa · Jan 24, 2009

hope you do not have to buy as they have upped their prices terribly.I understand supply and demand but 6-10.00 dollars a bale is doing no one a favor.
I guess when the hobbiest get rid of their animals and a year or two down the road they cannot figure out why they are no longer selling much hay.

Plumcrazy · Jan 24, 2009

My Grandpa always used to say that on Feb. 2nd, Groundhog day, you should have half your hay and half your wood left. This has been an old fashend winter around here this year. I'm about out of wood. I have dead elm back in the woods, but I hate cutting in 15" of snow.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 24, 2009

My goats don't eat TONS of hay but, I'm able to bale my own, so that helps. I have enought to get me through until the middle of April - at least.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 24, 2009

About the 1/2 way mark now, hope it warms up.

rrlund · Jan 24, 2009

BOY,it's gonna be SO CLOSE. I baled 170 bales of cornstalks. Have enough left to last until next Thursday. I always have bales left in the fencerows,but they'll be gone by late March. The barn's half full yet,but going down fast. We need some warm weather to get a good finish on those feedlot cattle and get them out of here. Even the corn silage is getting back there in the bunker a long ways.

Dave from MN · Jan 24, 2009

I'm sitting OK for a while, have 20-30 bales out in the middle of a 160 acre area that I dont think I can go pick up untill spring thaw. I had a request from a relative to trade small squares of straw for BIG rounds of cornstalk bales. I'm gona make the trade and grab about 10 of the stalk bales.

petetx · Jan 24, 2009

Been lucky here haven't fed any yet even with the drought turned em on waist high green grass yesterday 18 acres should hold em for a few more days then we'll start the hay but we need some rain. cows look better tan in several winters but there eating mineral mix like mad.

Ian Jones, Nanaimo, Can · Jan 24, 2009

Cold here too. Cows and horses never leave the feeder. Just had the neighbor over trying to buy some hay, she said I have lots in the barn. I told her I have just enough for my stuff and I would look pretty stupid trying to buy it back in March, would'nt I.

Bill in Colo · Jan 24, 2009

I'm doing well as we have had a mild winter so far and had only fed calves until this past Monday. I was able to stay out 10 days longer than normal and 30 days longer than last year. We plan on having 1/2 of our hay left the first of March as we normally feed until the 5 th of May

Anonymous-0 · Jan 24, 2009

Jack,

We had a terrible drought in Tennessee during 2007. My hay was very short and I ended up buying hay at $6.00 - $7.50 for small squares to finish the winter.

This past summer (2008) was a good hay season. There's hay all over the place right now in Middle Tennessee for $3.00 - $3.50 a bale.

I feel your pain.

Tom in TN

Tom

Doug in Illinois · Jan 24, 2009

I have enuf for the wifes horse, but not much left to sell. Down to about 35 small bales and about 10 big rounds. I don't care if I carry over the smalls, but want the rounds gone B4 spring. That won't be a problem as cold as it. Sure a lot easier this year when I left a big round for the horse instead of feeding the smalls to it, not near the mess IN the barn. DOUG

M Nut · Jan 24, 2009

Yep, We should make it ok. I don't expect much extra, and I hope spring arrives on time. I do have about 600 squares in the barn for "insurance", but that wouldn't last long feeding 50 cows and 20 heifers.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 24, 2009

should have enough till April for sure

RickL · Jan 24, 2009

have 300 still to get rid of. Small squares all gone. hate those big rounds oh well one those seasons

wolfman · Jan 24, 2009

I'm down to about 5000 square bales and 110 Rounds. Have about seven regular customers that must not have any storage; get 30 or 50 at a time; some get one round. Kind of happy when the one guy takes 6 rounds on his trailer; Yes I cut him a break. Dad always said you should have half your feed left Feb 1. S.W. Pa.

John A. · Jan 24, 2009

Guys,,,Central Texas is bouncing of of "Not-Much-To-Be-Had" Unless, Ya'll Are under 200 miles out of the Lampasas/Georgetown area. and can deliver "Good Hay" NOT TRASH HAY! for + or - $60 to $70 Ya'll are of no help down here! We are 18 months into on H3ll of a draught! and No prospects for rain in the near future! Folks are hurting>
Later,
John A.

dcarp · Jan 24, 2009

I've had to feed hay straight from Dec 07 until now. Have enough hay for 13 more weeks. Guess I'll be buying some in the near future. Just can't see giving the cattle away. Sure wish God would bless Texas with some rain instead of just those angels from the promised land.

TX656 · Jan 24, 2009

Added a bull after Jan 1 so hay is going a little quicker. Last week of Feb is when I usually put out the last round. Winter rye and some apparently very tasty weeds starts to come on pretty strong by then. Should have a couple rounds left over...if we get any rain Mon/Tue like they are predicting.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 24, 2009

Where are they getting 6-10$ per bale.I have some I need to get rid of some.

730virgil · Jan 24, 2009

i have been buying hay from a neighbor he has a lot left. i'm paying $140 a ton.

Dairy Farmer in WI · Jan 24, 2009

ran outta hay fer the beefers but am buying some. got a sialge bag to split between them and the dry cows. that is half gone and i opened that just before christmas. have plenty of good silage for the milkers but might need to buy some hay for them. should be good until at least march with hay though.
DF in WI

Anonymous-0 · Jan 25, 2009

Can always put them near the clothesline on washdays.

Spotted Horse · Jan 25, 2009

I just sold 9 semi-loads of big round alfalfa bales last week,... and I still have enough hay to last my critters until spring. Life is good.

jose bagge · Jan 25, 2009

Sure like to find some alfalfa squares out here in Va...last I bout were $10 per.

Alfalfa rounds in my feilds- my horses would think they'd died and gone to heaven!

jose bagge · Jan 25, 2009

temps been high and the pastures are mud holes...so the wimmin have been tossing a LOT of squares out. I am down to about 80 squares and will soon be buying that $7/ bale stuff- YIKES!

Nancy Howell · Jan 26, 2009

We've got 46 4x5 rounds of good clean bahia, 26 4x4 of clean bahia and about 20 4x5 rounds of good quality bermuda in n.e. tx. Anybody interested?

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